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Confucius famous quotes in English

1. Those who know are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy.

He who knows is not as good as he who knows, nor as happy as he who knows.

2. Similar in nature, but far apart in habits.

Sex is similar, habits are far.

3. Isn’t it a gentleman if a person does not know but is not stunned?

Is it not a gentleman who does not know and is stunned?

4. A gentleman uses literature to make friends, and friends to help benevolence.

Gentlemen make friends by means of literature and help others by means of friends.

5. The deceased is like a man, and he does not give up day and night.

Dead people like this, day and night.

6. Guan Sui is happy but not obscene, sad but not sad.

Guan Sui is happy but not lustful, sad but not sad.

7. Three armies can seize divisions, but ordinary men cannot seize ambitions.

The three armies can seize divisions, but no man can seize aspirations.

8. When three armies walk together, there must be one who is my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

Among any three people walking, I will find something to learn for sure. Choose the good and follow it, and change the bad.

9. Reviewing the old and learning the new can help Teacher.

He who by reviewing the old can gain knowledge of the new and is fit to be a teacher.

10. He is sensitive and eager to learn, and is not ashamed to ask questions.

Be sensitive and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask.

11. To make mistakes without correcting them is to make mistakes.

It's too late to change.

12. Isn't it true that one should learn and practice from time to time?

Is it true to learn from time to time?

13. Knowing it silently, never getting tired of learning, never getting tired of teaching others, what is it for me?

What is it for me to know, to learn and not to tire of teaching tirelessly?

14. Don’t worry about what others don’t know, but worry about not knowing others.

No one knows, no one knows.

15. When the father is here, watch his ambition. Father is gone, watch what he does. He has not changed his ways for three years, which can be called filial piety.

The father is there, watching his ambition. Father did not, watch his deeds. It can be said that filial piety has not changed from father's way in three years.

16. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger.

Learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is perilous.

17. I am not born to know, but I am fond of the past and am keen to pursue it.

I am not born to know. I am old and eager for it.

18. Only women and villains are difficult to raise. If you are close, you will not appreciate it; if you are far, you will be resentful.

Only women and villains are difficult to support. Near is Sun, far is resentment.

19. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

Do what you don't want to do to others.